Is 'Better' Always Better? Cognitive Performance in Children with Misophonia vs. Controls

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dc.abstract.enMisophonia is a disorder characterized by adverse reactions to specific repetitive sounds, such as oral and nasal noises made by humans (e.g., chewing, sniffing) and environmental sounds (e.g., animal licking, tapping). These reactions can manifest early in life and involve the nervous, autonomic, and perceptual systems. Cognitive functions appear to play a key role in how these stimuli are processed in individuals with misophonia. or tapping. Although it is associated with various psychiatric disorders, it also presents distinct clinical features that suggest alterations in cognitive processing, particularly selective attention and inhibitory control. However, research on cognitive processes in situations without exposure to trigger sounds in individuals with misophonia, especially children, remains limited. Given that misophonia typically begins in childhood or adolescence, understanding its early cognitive profile is crucial. This study investigated cold cognitive processes, including inhibitory control, selective and divided attention, along with verbal and abstract reasoning, using performance-based tests in children with misophonia (n = 32) and controls without sound-related issues (n = 30), aged 7–17. Children with misophonia outperformed controls in divided attention (p < .001) and inhibitory control (p < .001), with no differences in other cognitive domains. Logistic regression showed that better inhibitory control increased the likelihood of misophonia, while linear regression indicated that misophonia status and selective attention predicted better inhibitory control. These results suggest that misophonia in children is related to enhanced inhibitory control rather than deficits in cognitive functioning. A better understanding of these cognitive processes could be an important step toward understanding the nature of misophonia, especially in pediatric populations.
dc.affiliationWydziaƂ Psychologii
dc.affiliationWydziaƂ Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.contributor.authorSiepsiak, Marta
dc.contributor.authorTurek, A.
dc.contributor.authorMichaƂowska, M.
dc.contributor.authorGambin, M.
dc.date.access2025-08-27
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-27T09:33:55Z
dc.date.available2025-08-27T09:33:55Z
dc.date.created2025-05-22
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dc.identifier.eissn1895-1171
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1706
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
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dc.share.articleOPEN_REPOSITORY
dc.subject.enmisophonia
dc.subject.eninhibitory control
dc.subject.enattention
dc.subject.endecreased sound tolerance
dc.subject.enchildren
dc.swps.sciencecloudnosend
dc.titleIs 'Better' Always Better? Cognitive Performance in Children with Misophonia vs. Controls
dc.title.journalAdvances in Cognitive Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle